[Python-Dev] Looking for master thesis ideas involving Python

[Armin Rigo]

Hello Michael,

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:35:05AM +0000, Michael Hudson wrote:
> > "Not easy" would have been more appropriate.  It is still basically what
> > malloc() does.
> 
> Well, yeah, but as Tim said pymalloc gets its wins from assuming that
> each allocation is the same size.  You could combine my idea with some
> other allocation scheme, certainly, but given the relative paucity of
> variable length types and the reduction in allocator overhead using
> something like pymalloc gives us, I think it might just be easier to
> not do them any more.  Of course, I don't see myself having any time
> to play with this idea any time soon, and it's probably not really
> beefy enough to get a masters thesis from, so maybe we'll never know.

Ok.  I expect it to be much easier to experiment with with PyPy anyway.


Armin